§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many heavy vehicles plants are still in operation in the United Kingdom; and how many of these are independent of supplies of imported components.
§ Mr. ChannonThere are currently 10 plants in the United Kingdom involved in the final manufacture of heavy vehicles, excluding buses and special-purpose vehicles. This number includes Leyland Trucks' Bathgate plant, whose progressive closure over the next two years has been announced. As would be expected from the international structure of the vehicle and component industry, no plant is totally independent of foreign-sourced components.